Lu Chen stared at the fat man and didn't speak for a long time. The expression on his face was a little strange.
The fat man standing behind the counter also looked at Lu Chen. A smile appeared on the corner of his mouth as if he had let out a long breath. Then, he touched his face with a smile and said, "What's wrong? You haven't seen me for so long that you don't recognize me anymore?"
This fat man was Old Ma. Lu Chen couldn't be more familiar with this face. They had known each other for decades and lived together in this secluded Qingshuitang Village for ten years. To put it bluntly, even if the fat Old Ma was disfigured, Lu Chen would still be able to recognize him at a glance.
Lu Chen shook his head and suddenly smiled. Then, he said, "You damn fat man, you're still alive?"
"Pfft! I won't die even if you die. " Old Ma pointed this out to Lu Chen very seriously. Then, he walked out from behind the counter and walked in front of Lu Chen. He smiled and opened his arms. He said, "But, fortunately, you're still alive. That's good."
Lu Chen sighed. There seemed to be a look of contempt or impatience on his face, but in the end, he still reached out his hands and hugged Old Ma.
The two men hugged each other tightly. Seemingly intentionally or unintentionally, they each patted each other's back three times. Then, they each took a step back and looked at each other. Suddenly, they laughed together.
Lu Chen put away the black short sword in his right hand. Old Ma hid a sharp and tricky looking spike in his sleeve. At the same time, he scolded jokingly, "Bastard, I saw that you really wanted to stab me in the stomach with the sword. I was so scared that I broke out in a cold sweat."
Lu Chen spat and said disdainfully, "This kind of secret code after a long time was obviously thought up by you back then. I said it was useless, but you still wanted me to remember it. Now, you're the one making sarcastic remarks."
"Scram!" Old Ma said bluntly, "What I'm doing is the right way. Thanks to my ideas, we were able to live a stable life for ten years. As for those who didn't use my method, their bodies are now lying all over the streets of Immortal City. "
Lu Chen couldn't help but laugh. He waved his hand and said, "You're good, alright?" As he spoke, he sat down at the wine table by the window just like he did many years ago. He slammed the table and laughed loudly. "Boss, give me two jugs of wine!"
…
As the wine entered his stomach, the slightly intoxicating warmth spread throughout his body, giving him an indescribable sense of comfort.
The tavern still looked the same as when they had stayed here many years ago. Business was poor and there were not many customers. There were only the two of them in the huge tavern at the moment.
"Why did you come back here, Old Ma?" Lu Chen took a sip of wine and asked Old Ma, "Didn't you follow me to Kunlun Mountain and then open a … uh, what's the name of that shop in Kunwu City?"
Lu Chen thought carefully, but before he could answer, Old Ma said lightly, "Black Hill Pavilion."
"Oh, that's the name." Lu Chen said with a smile, "Kunwu City is hundreds of times better than Qingshuitang Village. Why did you come back?"
Old Ma seemed to be recalled by Lu Chen's words. After a moment of silence, he said, "When you publicly betrayed the Kunlun Party, killed your way into Kunwu City's Su family, and finally fled to the ends of the world, I didn't have the mood to open that shop anymore. It just so happened that Lord Perfected Immortal had something for me to do, so I conveniently left the Kunlun Party and went to Immortal City. "
"Immortal City?" Lu Chen suddenly frowned and asked.
Old Ma nodded and said, "Yes, I went to Immortal City to secretly investigate Fuyunji. Lord Perfected Immortal suspected that there was a mole from the Devil Cult in Fuyunji."
Lu Chen's expression changed slightly and became serious. He said, "There is a mole in Fuyunji?"
Old Ma took a deep breath and said, "Yes. Do you remember that you were attacked by people from Fuyunji when you were fleeing? "
Lu Chen snorted and raised his eyelids. He looked at Old Ma and said, "Someone wanted to kill me. Of course I remember it clearly. I still clearly remember that at that time, I thought that damned baldy had completely given up on me and was preparing to send people to kill me to silence me! "
Old Ma shook his head and said, "That's not the case. Lord Perfected Immortal had already secretly ordered that people from Fuyunji were not allowed to oppose you, let alone chase after you. I heard these words from him with my own ears. They were absolutely not lies. However, I don't know what happened, but something unexpected happened. A portion of the Floating Cloud Division's men in the Land of Chaos started to attack you. "
Lu Chen looked indifferently at Old Ma and didn't say a word.
Old Ma felt a bit helpless. He sighed and said, "I say, you're good at everything, but you're too suspicious. I really didn't lie to you about this, and there's no need for me to lie to you. "
Lu Chen said, "So you found out about this?"
Old Ma hesitated for a moment and said, "It's not all my work. At least Xue Ying did a thorough check on her disciples. She probably found three or four people from Fuyunji. In the end, she confirmed that most of them were spies from the Evil Cult."
Lu Chen was silent for a moment. Nowadays, the human race had been prosperous for many years. Many people had long lost interest in the rare Evil Cult. But in the human cultivation world, True Lord Tianlan of Zhenxianmeng and Fuyunji under his rule were the vanguard against the Evil Cult. But now, even Fuyunji was found to have spies from the Evil Cult. From this, it could be imagined that after more than ten years of hardship, their power and strength were completely different from before.
Lu Chen pondered for a moment and casually asked Old Ma, "What happened to those who were caught?"
Old Ma said, "At the east market entrance of the Immortal City, they were executed in front of many people."
Lu Chen was startled for a moment. He seemed a bit surprised and said, "Killed all of them?"
Old Ma nodded and said with certainty, "Yes, killed all of them."
No one in the tavern spoke for a while. Maybe it was because they heard that the spies hidden in Fuyunji were executed in public, or maybe it was some other reason. But after a moment, Lu Chen still asked Old Ma softly, "Is this what the damn baldy wanted?"
Old Ma was a bit hesitant. But after pondering for a moment, he still nodded slightly to Lu Chen and said, "Yes."
…
"Okay, let's not talk about this." Lu Chen changed the topic and a smile appeared on his face. He stretched out his hand and patted Old Ma's shoulder and said, "When I returned to this village, I thought that maybe there would be great changes here, or maybe it would still be the same as before. But I didn't expect that you actually came back here. "
Old Ma curled his lips and said, "It's nothing. I helped True Lord to do that thing and after catching the spies, I didn't do anything else. So one day I suddenly thought that you wandered the world without any news. I didn't know where you would go. So in the end, I came back here and waited, hoping that you would come back one day. "
Lu Chen murmured, "It's really like that. In the vast sea of people, you actually found me."
Old Ma laughed heartily and casually took a rag and wiped the table a few times. He then asked Lu Chen, "Oh right, I heard that when you were fleeing in the Chaotic Lands, not to mention how miserable it was, you often didn't have anything to eat for a whole day."
Lu Chen snorted and lightly replied, "That's an exaggeration."
Old Ma was obviously very familiar with Lu Chen. He put his hand on Lu Chen's shoulder and asked, "Oh right, where did you go after that? Why can't I find any news of you?"
Lu Chen was a bit touched in his heart. He nodded and said, "If I said that I went to the Southern Wilderness these past few years, would you believe me?"
Old Ma didn't even look at Lu Chen's sincere expression and calmly said, "Nonsense! I'd be a pig if I believed you! "
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